# \#uploads **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/uploads/12.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Issue with iOS 16.7 photo upload?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-ios-16-7-photo-upload/408404)
**Author:** [@sok777](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sok777)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-ios-16-7-photo-upload/408404 "2026-08-20T23:18:13Z")
After updating to the latest versions, users are reporting that devices running iOS 16.7 cannot upload photos. Is anyone else experiencing it? --- ## [Grace period edits bypass \`skip\_review\_media\_groups\` media review](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grace-period-edits-bypass-skip-review-media-groups-media-review/408899)
**Author:** [@Editor0732](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Editor0732)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grace-period-edits-bypass-skip-review-media-groups-media-review/408899 "2026-08-04T08:36:46Z")
Summary The “review media” check (skip\_review\_media\_groups site setting) is only enforced at post creation time, in NewPostManager. Edits go through PostRevisor, which never runs the media check. A user can therefore p… --- ## [Media review is bypassed when image\_sizes is empty](https://meta.discourse.org/t/media-review-is-bypassed-when-image-sizes-is-empty/408608)
**Author:** [@Editor0732](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Editor0732)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/media-review-is-bypassed-when-image-sizes-is-empty/408608 "2026-07-28T04:43:13Z")
This bug is about the Skip review media groups setting. When posting an image from mobile, the image upload succeeds and the post body correctly contains an image reference (for example, ). However, the subsequent POST… --- ## [Allowing users to change their profile pictures without uploading images to the forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-users-to-change-their-profile-pictures-without-uploading-images-to-the-forum/408519)
**Author:** [@greyblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/greyblue)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allowing-users-to-change-their-profile-pictures-without-uploading-images-to-the-forum/408519 "2026-07-26T04:54:46Z")
Hi everyone! First time posting here so apologies if I’m doing something wrong. I’m wondering if there’s any way to allow users to change their profile picture without allowing them to upload images into the forums? F… --- ## [I can't upload photo after setting Cloudflare R2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-upload-photo-after-setting-cloudflare-r2/408303)
**Author:** [@haha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haha)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cant-upload-photo-after-setting-cloudflare-r2/408303 "2026-07-23T11:04:56Z")
Hello everyone, thanks for your time. After setting Cloudflare R2 on my discourse, I can’t upload photo in creating topic, here is my setting: I confirm I use the Account API Tokens(it’s active), not User … --- ## [Ability to configure where videos uploaded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-configure-where-videos-uploaded/406119)
**Author:** [@Prempavee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Prempavee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-configure-where-videos-uploaded/406119 "2026-06-27T01:00:30Z")
Hello, currently in pro plan I would like to offer my users the possibility to upload videos but the storage offered by the plan is no sustainable for video storage so I would like to use mux or any other valid provider … --- ## [Missing PNG to JPEG settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-png-to-jpeg-settings/395964)
**Author:** [@Jeto](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jeto)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/missing-png-to-jpeg-settings/395964 "2026-05-18T20:24:26Z")
I have been trying to troubleshoot the issue where PNGs are uploaded as JPEGs and everyone mentions these File settings (below) but when I navigate through all my File settings, this doesn’t come up and searching for … --- ## [Issue with upload file size limit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-upload-file-size-limit/402272)
**Author:** [@yingdong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yingdong)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 9:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-upload-file-size-limit/402272 "2026-05-06T09:23:10Z")
I need to upload files larger than 100MB. Currently, I have already modified Max image size KB and Max attachment size KB, and I plan to continue by modifying upload\_size in app.yml. However, I noticed that upload\_size is not present in the params section of app.yml. Below is the snippet I copied: params: db\_default\_text\_search\_config: "pg\_catalog.english" ## Set… --- ## [Composer image resize threshold](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-image-resize-threshold/402018)
**Author:** [@gallery3540](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gallery3540)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-image-resize-threshold/402018 "2026-05-01T20:19:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from Client side image optimization enabled by default: I’m the admin on a self-hosted Discourse instance for local photographers where we mostly upload high quality media. I’d like to change t… --- ## [Some sort of variable to eliminate duplicate text?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-sort-of-variable-to-eliminate-duplicate-text/400979)
**Author:** [@Thatflyerguy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thatflyerguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-sort-of-variable-to-eliminate-duplicate-text/400979 "2026-04-19T05:33:07Z")
Hi all! I work on the wiki for a large game forum that uses discourse, and as part of that we have tables with pictures embedded. On this page in particular, we have nearly 2000 images, many of which are this identical … --- ## [Are images and other attachments also deleted after permanently deleting a post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/399315)
**Author:** [@sniper756](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sniper756)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/399315 "2026-03-27T11:35:16Z")
After permanently deleting a post, will the images and other attachments in it also be deleted? --- ## [Size restrictions on videos?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/size-restrictions-on-videos/397413)
**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/size-restrictions-on-videos/397413 "2026-03-26T03:03:43Z")
So I’m thinking about encouraging our staff to make some screen cast videos for our internal documentation. So not regular users and in theory not long videos. I’d like to host them ourselves as uploads. When I look at … --- ## [Attachment Issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-issues/398088)
**Author:** [@lucy.sierracircuits](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucy.sierracircuits)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attachment-issues/398088 "2026-03-20T19:27:39Z")
Hello, I have members who can’t upload more than one image at once in posts. I thought I had fixed the issue by changing the below settings but it apparently doesn’t work. Please, help. --- ## [I cannot upload a GIF, for a non-descript error appears](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808)
**Author:** [@roke\_julian\_lockhart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/roke_julian_lockhart)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-cannot-upload-a-gif-for-a-non-descript-error-appears/398808 "2026-03-19T14:18:36Z")
For meta.discourse.org/t/398803/1, I attempted to upload an image/GIF file. However, Discourse returns a non-descript error, despite the file being 15 FPS, and \< 600 KiB: "response": { "status": 422, "statusText": … --- ## [Maxmum upload size](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxmum-upload-size/398601)
**Author:** [@Andro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxmum-upload-size/398601 "2026-03-17T08:21:35Z")
I edited discourse.conf inside the app container to set 512m max upload size. I set 512m in the Admin panel also. But I cannot upload a PDF 30 MB in size as Discourse says ‘512m maximum allowed’. Which does not seem righ… --- ## [iPad and impossible to upload files in landscape mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144)
**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ipad-and-impossible-to-upload-files-in-landscape-mode/395144 "2026-02-28T18:52:03Z")
When I try to upload a file using iPad/DiscourseHub/Safari (21.1.2), the button of the composer (both modes) doesn’t do anything. iPhone works nicely. --- ## [Upload Deletion via API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-deletion-via-api/396741)
**Author:** [@markersocial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/markersocial)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upload-deletion-via-api/396741 "2026-02-25T15:56:19Z")
I reached for it, but it appears that an API endpoint for deleting an upload doesn’t exist. Posting it here, because I was not able to find any mentions or suggestions for this, the closest I found was: API: a scope w… --- ## ["Attach a file" option unresponsive in desktop Safari](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attach-a-file-option-unresponsive-in-desktop-safari/393639)
**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attach-a-file-option-unresponsive-in-desktop-safari/393639 "2026-01-29T09:49:40Z")
At the moment the Attach a file option in the chat composer menu does not function while the browser window is sized at a desktop-appropriate width. The expectation is that this would bring up the native file chooser… --- ## [A way to monitor user-uploaded files 🖼️](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-monitor-user-uploaded-files/358635)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-monitor-user-uploaded-files/358635 "2026-01-26T17:03:15Z")
For moderation purposes, it would be useful to be able to see and browse files uploaded by users, especially since users can upload files in personal messages. Currently, the only ways to see these files, as far as I kn… --- ## [Are you able to restore a backup that doesn't include uploads if its still on S3?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-able-to-restore-a-backup-that-doesnt-include-uploads-if-its-still-on-s3/393952)
**Author:** [@hipp0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hipp0)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-you-able-to-restore-a-backup-that-doesnt-include-uploads-if-its-still-on-s3/393952 "2026-01-21T08:08:46Z")
I have backup Bucket and an Uploads bucket, I’m backing up which is about 300 megs now. I am wondering if I restore will it be able to grab all the old hot linked files for when they were originally uploaded to the uploa… --- ## [Digital Ocean Spaces (S3) "unable to sign request without credentials set"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-spaces-s3-unable-to-sign-request-without-credentials-set/391139)
**Author:** [@DavidO](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidO)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-spaces-s3-unable-to-sign-request-without-credentials-set/391139 "2026-01-07T20:14:19Z")
Trying to setup Digital Ocean Spaces for S3 storage. I get this when I try to run backups… Same when I upload photos… I have this setup… …but I’m not sure how to test if those actually work. I don’t know the… --- ## [Feature/plugin idea: Show original topic in the image lightbox when reposted/reuploaded](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-plugin-idea-show-original-topic-in-the-image-lightbox-when-reposted-reuploaded/392875)
**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-plugin-idea-show-original-topic-in-the-image-lightbox-when-reposted-reuploaded/392875 "2026-01-07T13:49:38Z")
Hey guys, For our forum, we are currently considering a feature that would require a plugin, but we are not sure if it’s feasible. Our use case: We have a lot of diary/log topics, and we would like to be able to keep t… --- ## [Best practices for managing image uploads in product-heavy community discussions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-managing-image-uploads-in-product-heavy-community-discussions/391341)
**Author:** [@vedansh\_industries](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vedansh_industries)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-managing-image-uploads-in-product-heavy-community-discussions/391341 "2025-12-15T13:49:40Z")
Hello everyone, I wanted to ask for some guidance on handling image uploads efficiently in communities where users frequently share product-related images. In some industries, discussions involve multiple images such a… --- ## [Is there any way to force an image upload not to be optimized?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-force-an-image-upload-not-to-be-optimized/391348)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-force-an-image-upload-not-to-be-optimized/391348 "2025-12-15T11:54:10Z")
I’m happy with image optimization, but once in a while I want to upload a particularly large image as an attached file rather than embed it by default, and keep the original dimensions and format. Is there a way to do t… --- ## [Inquiry About Discourse’s Support for Amazon S3 Storage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inquiry-about-discourse-s-support-for-amazon-s3-storage/386720)
**Author:** [@wenqin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wenqin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inquiry-about-discourse-s-support-for-amazon-s3-storage/386720 "2025-10-29T14:45:31Z")
I’d like to ask about a technical issue regarding Discourse’s support for Amazon S3 storage. I came across a forum post from as early as 2013 that already discussed Discourse’s S3 support. I also found a few threads rel… --- ## [Option to select format and compression degree for thumbnails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-select-format-and-compression-degree-for-thumbnails/266864)
**Author:** [@ariznaf](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ariznaf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-select-format-and-compression-degree-for-thumbnails/266864 "2025-10-06T18:44:09Z")
Now that AVIF is available in the forum, I thought it would be great to be able to select that format for the thumnails that the forum generates from the provided images. It would be great to be able to select avif for… --- ## [Image uploads - color profiles dropped](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-uploads-color-profiles-dropped/89380)
**Author:** [@rdyar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rdyar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-uploads-color-profiles-dropped/89380 "2025-09-23T14:48:14Z")
I think this is a bug, though maybe it is a feature to make the file size smaller? I work in the photo industry, in our forum sometimes people post images for others to try to troubleshoot printing issues. The image upl… --- ## [Error uploading image to S3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-uploading-image-to-s3/370932)
**Author:** [@j3ang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j3ang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-uploading-image-to-s3/370932 "2025-07-31T22:48:46Z")
I’m trying to setup the S3 upload. while setting up the bucket permissions, it’s complaining that a coule of action does not exists? And I get 422 errors. --- ## [Potential resource exhaustion: No rate limiting on /uploads.json allows mass file uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/potential-resource-exhaustion-no-rate-limiting-on-uploads-json-allows-mass-file-uploads/373358)
**Author:** [@Evie\_Tao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Evie_Tao)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/potential-resource-exhaustion-no-rate-limiting-on-uploads-json-allows-mass-file-uploads/373358 "2025-07-08T11:22:20Z")
Issue Description During a security review of our customized Discourse deployment, we discovered a potential resource exhaustion risk related to the file upload API. Details Upload API: /uploads.json Issue: There i… --- ## [AI Helper interrupting uploaded mp3 audio stream](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-helper-interrupting-uploaded-mp3-audio-stream/366817)
**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-helper-interrupting-uploaded-mp3-audio-stream/366817 "2025-05-26T17:27:37Z")
I use my Discourse instance as a learning management system (LMS) and my users have noticed a malfunction. Each topic I create a new topic for each educational article and I upload an mp3 reading of article into the top… [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/uploads/12.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=uploads)